1. The Corporation is today's dominant institution, creating great wealth but also great harm. This 26 award-winning documentary examines the nature, evolution, impacts and future of the modern business corporation and the increasing role it plays in society and our everyday lives. For a playlist...
machbarthe corporation (2003). thecorporation.com
freakpowertixStudents, get a full week of this at a summer seminar: lrnlbty.co Corporations are not monoliths -- they are made up of individuals, including workers and non-wealthy shareholders. So are corporations distinct from the people that comprise them? When corporations are taxed, who pays the tax? Econ...
learnlibertyA musical tribute to corporate excess in the style of the Capitol Steps.
moatphotovia Think Progress: "Since taking office in 2010, Gov. Chris Christie has approved a record $1.57 billion in state tax breaks for dozens of New Jersey's largest companies after they pledged to add jobs...The critics pointed out that even when the promised jobs have not materialized, the Christie ...
theyoungturksvia Reuters: "(Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co is dropping its membership in a conservative national advocacy group that supports "Stand Your Ground" laws such as the one being used as a defense in the Florida killing of an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin." Cenk Uygur discusses some of the other w...
theyoungturksThe United States Supreme court's passing of Citizens United has changed the political game. Citizens United allows corporations to pump endless quantities of money into political campaigns and prohibiting any American from doing so would be an obstruction of the first amendment. Chris Hedges, co...
rtamericaToday the Supreme Court took on a case that could decline whether or not corporations can be sued over torture. The case involves about a dozen Nigerian activists that say Shell Oil's parent company helped the Nigerian government in violently cracking down on anti-oil protesters. But the multinat...
rtamericaPresident Obama's economic team has released a bold new economic proposal. Cenk Uygur discusses the reality of our corporate tax system. Tell us in the comment section below if you agree with President Obama's corporate tax rate proposal. Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly Find out how to watch...
theyoungturksThere is a belief that journalists are unbiased and neutral when it comes to reporting the news. But like most companies, news organizations have agendas to promote and interests to uphold. Christopher Chambers, journalism professor at Georgetown University, joins us with his take on who controls...
rtamericaMore information at www.alphaoculus.com The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary film written by Joel Bakan, and directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott. The documentary is critical of the modern-day corporation, considering its legal status as a class of person and evaluating its behav...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is being negotiated in secret and the stakes for the 99% couldn't be higher. Go to www.TPP2012.com and click on TAKE ACTION today. Share Public Citizen Global Trade Watch's song parody to the tune of Jackson 5's ABC with friends and family and encourage them to...
publiccitizenA new poll from the Pew Research Center shows that a strong majority of Americans believe that the rich and corporations have too much power. But do they agree with Occupy Wall Street? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. www.washingtonpost.com Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly Down...
theyoungturksWhy do so many huge corporations get away with paying no taxes? Via The Huffington Post: "A report released Wednesday offers one possible explanation: In addition to spending nearly $500 million lobbying in a recent three-year period, those companies spread $41 million to the political campaigns ...
The Corporation is a documentary directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott, who goes into the psychopathic business world. Is based on the book entitled 'The Corporation, the pathological pursuit of profit and power', by Joel Bakan. The documentary begins by explaining the enormous power that w...
killurtvtubeGeneral Electric CEO Jeff Immelt, head of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, made some questionable comments in a recent 60 Minutes interview. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. The Young Turks on Current TV: current.com The Largest Online New Show in the World. G...
Every week Max Keiser looks at all the scandal behind the financial news headlines. This week, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss the Good, The Bad and the Schwing Schwing of making companies scared by putting risk back onto their balance sheet. They also discuss clients getting smoke...
russiatodayMany conservatives claim that President Obama is 'anti-business' but American corporations made a record $824 billion dollars. They also claim that corporate tax cuts will create jobs and stimulate the economy. Jayar Jackson, Steve Oh, and Lucas Lilieholm break it down on The Young Turks. Read mo...
theyoungturksCitizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reviewed 280 Fortune 500 companies and found that on average they paid about half of the 35% federal income tax rate. 30 corporations had a negative rate, ie they received. Guest host Brian Unger breaks it down with Jayar ...
Grover Norquist doesn't have high standards for a Republican president, apparently he just wants a corporate robot that will help funnel money to the richest Americans. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur explains. www.thedailybeast.com Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly Find out how to watch The Y...
theyoungturksBoulder, Colorado passed by a 3-to-1 margin an amendment that says corporations are not people and money is not speech and 6 Senators introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. Have corporations overplayed their hand - is the backlash now underway?
thebigpicturertOn Wednesday dozens gathered in New York City to protest the influence money and corporations have on US politics. The occupiers gathered outside several banks and chanted slogans condemning US corporations influence on the US government. All across the nation people coordinated similar protests ...
rtamericaHow Corporations Destroyed American Democracy - Chris Hedges. Filmed at Socialism 2010 in Chicago by Paul Hubbard
phubb'Occupy Wall Street' movement is more than just a citizen standoff against the big banks. Some of the Wall Street campaigners accuse news outlets there of peddling a view of the US that bears no resemblance to the reality lived by millions of Americans... RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook ...
russiatodayThis is an early version of Corporation Nation that has a couple errors. 1) $ amount of pension funds is 26 trillion, not 36 trillion. 2) There are a couple millions that should be billions, or visa versa. www.onedollardvdproject.com now carries the DVD for $2. Give them to friends and family.
gnosticmediaDuring the Thomson Reuters panel Politics Inc., Senator John McCain attacks the Supreme Court decision that corporations are people. (March 27, 2012)
reuterstvwww.gwenolsen.com Ex pharma Rep speaks out about Pharma and their real motivations and lack there of to cure , heal and care for you or your best interests. Only to cure the space in their pockets not yet filled with your cash. --------- Anonymous coment: Actually, I would absolutely refuse chemo...
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